A casual morning at the mall today turned into a siege of terror for unsuspecting shoppers in Nairobi, Kenya, when attackers dressed in black and wearing facemasks and vests loaded with grenades sprayed the unsuspecting crowds with bullets from AK-47s.

肯尼亚首都内罗毕西门购物中心21日发生枪击事件。一群身着黑衣和防护服的蒙面枪手在购物广场投掷了手榴弹，并用AK47式突击步枪对人群进行扫射。毫无预料的恐怖袭击使购物中心的顾客们措手不及，惊恐万分。

"They just came in and threw a grenade. We were running and they opened fire. They were shouting and firing," said Jay Patel who was on an upper floor of the mall when the shooting began.

枪击案发生时，目击者杰·帕特尔位于购物广场二楼，他回忆称，“枪手们走进广场就投掷了手榴弹。他们对逃跑的人群射击，不断的射击和扫射人群。”

Frightened shoppers fled the mall crying and clutching their small children. At one point mall guards used shopping carts to wheel out wounded children.

受惊的游客带着孩子四下奔逃，可以看到保安用购物车疏散受伤儿童。

The gunmen were still holed up in the mall late this evening, along with an unknown number of hostages.Two Kenyan army special forces units moved inside as the stand-off stretched into its ninth hour, while police and military surrounded the huge shopping complex.

至21日夜间枪手们仍聚留在广场内，扣留人质人数不明。目前恐怖分子聚留广场时间已经长达9个小时，肯尼亚警方和军队已经将广场包围，两支肯尼亚陆军特种部队已经进入广场。

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking in a nationally televised address today, said that at least 68 people were killed and at least 175 others were injured in the terror attack.

肯尼亚总理乌胡鲁·肯尼亚塔在21日的全国电视讲话中称，此起恐怖事件已经造成至少68人死亡，175人受伤。

"The despicable perpetrators of this cowardly act hope to intimidate, divide and cause despondency amongst Kenyans," Kenyatta said. "We have overcome terrorist attacks before. In fact we have fought courageously and defeated them within and outside our borders. We will defeat them again."

肯尼亚塔在电视讲话中说，“这些卑鄙的肇事者企图以这种怯懦的行径恐吓、离间、打击肯尼亚人民。我们曾经战胜过恐怖袭击，我们众志成城，粉碎过国内外的恐怖袭击事件。这一次我们一定能再次战胜他们。”